The ultimate in elegance and Disney service offers a world of pampered luxury, recalling fabled Florida seaside resorts from the early 1900s. This resort accommodates meetings and incentives with amenities and style befitting its name — Grand...

Corporate Meetings & Incentives and its sister magazines, which make up The Meetings Group of Primedia Business Magazines & Media, bring readers and Las Vegas suppliers together once a year for the Las Vegas Corporate Invitational Golf...

IN RECOGNITION THAT golf events aren't planned just by tournament directors, the recently formed Golf Event Managers Association has announced that it will extend its educational services, tournament management instruction, and golf industry...

“This is probably the most challenging time in the history of the aviation industry,” said Barbara Nalbone, national accounts manager for Delta Air Lines, a sponsor of the 2003 I&FS Forum. Nalbone addressed the group with a brief update of the...

You've heard it before — “Finally, a Web site that provides one-stop shopping for all your meeting planning needs.” But ConventionPlanit.com, unveiled in June at Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International's spring trade show and...

The economic damage caused by SARS could approach $100 billion, making it one of the costliest diseases to emerge in a decade, according to Bio Economic Research Associates, Cambridge, Mass. A few examples: Air Canada had lost $20 million by early...

EVERYONE KNOWS THE BENEFITS of online registration, but the costs can be a killer. Depending on the application, your overall volume, and the terms of your credit card processing agreement, pricing tends to average between $8 and $15 per attendee ...

WAR AND A POOR ECONOMY notwithstanding, conference centers have seen a good deal of training and strategy meetings during the first half of 2003...

In the heyday of the late 1990s, teambuilding events were all about retaining good people, says Dick Eaton, founder of Leapfrog Innovators, Medford, Mass. (www.teamdevelop ment.com). “Now, it's all about ROI. How can the event demonstrate value...

“New Economy” 1992-2000 “Next Economy” 2001-? ▪ low-skill, welfare, and entry-level training support ▪ incumbent worker midcareer retraining ▪ training just-in-time ▪ training in the moment ▪ skills standards as organizing construct ▪...